/**
 * This file is part of 1genia trampoline
 * Copyright (C) 2007 1genia (contact@1genia.com)
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; version 3 of the License. 
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Library General Public License for more details. 
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; see the file COPYING.TXT.  If not,
 * write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
 * Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. 
 **/
package com.genia.toolbox.basics.bean;

import java.io.IOException;

import com.genia.toolbox.basics.exception.technical.TechnicalIOException;

/**
 * This interface allow to retrieve a <code>String</code> representation of an
 * object.
 * 
 * @param <TYPE>
 *          the type of the object that are converted by this interface
 */
public interface DisplayObject<TYPE>
{
  /**
   * append the <code>String</code> representation of <code>object</code> to
   * <code>appendable</code>.
   * 
   * @param appendable
   *          the <code>Appendable</code> that will get the representation of
   *          <code>objetct</code>
   * @param object
   *          the object to be represented
   * @throws TechnicalIOException
   *           when an I/O problem occurred
   * @throws IOException
   *           when an I/O problem occurred
   */
  public void append(Appendable appendable, TYPE object)
      throws TechnicalIOException, IOException;

}
